Miho, You could look at "A Cinema of Loneliness: Penn, Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, Altman" 2nd ed. by Robert Kolker. New York : Oxford University Press, 1988. He does not deal with the films you mentioned, but talks about Spielberg's tendency to focus on the suburbs and the nuclear family. -- David A. Kirby Department of Biology American University 4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington, DC 20016 Phone: (202)885-2193 Email: [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]